New frontiers of invasive plants for biosynthesis of nanoparticles towards biomedical applications: A review

DTC Nguyen, T Van Tran, TTT Nguyen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Above 1000 invasive species have been growing and developing ubiquitously on Earth.
With extremely vigorous adaptability, strong reproduction, and spreading powers, invasive …

The environmental, socio-economic, and health effects of invasive alien plants: Review on Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray in Asteraceae

PK Rai, SS Lee, N Bhardwaj, KH Kim - South African journal of botany, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive alien plants (IAPs) are recognized as major threats to the environmental and
ecological systems with great potential to disrupt global biodiversity, forestry, livelihood, and …

Involvement of Allelopathy in the Invasive Potential of Tithonia diversifolia

H Kato-Noguchi - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray (Asteraceae) is native to Mexico and Central America.
The species is spreading quickly and has naturalized in more than 70 countries. It has often …

Invasive alien plants and weeds in South Africa: A review of their applications in traditional medicine and potential pharmaceutical properties

LJ McGaw, AG Omokhua-Uyi, JF Finnie… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Traditional pharmacopoeias are constantly evolving and
adapting, hence the assimilation of alien plants and weeds into traditional systems of …

Medicinal plants used by 'root doctors', local traditional healers in Bié province, Angola

B Novotna, Z Polesny, MF Pinto-Basto… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This study is one of the first post-civil war efforts to
document traditional botanical knowledge in Bié province, central Angola, in a first step to …

Asteraceae plants as sources of compounds against leishmaniasis and Chagas disease

RN Moraes Neto, RFB Setúbal, TMM Higino… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease cause great impact on social and economic aspects of
people living in developing countries. The treatments for these diseases are based on the …

[HTML][HTML] The potential role of sesquiterpene lactones isolated from medicinal plants in the treatment of the metabolic syndrome–A review

A Salazar-Gómez, JC Ontiveros-Rodríguez… - South African Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of metabolic disorders related to the development
of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In latter years, plant secondary …

Integrative process of extraction and purification of tagitinin C using ethanolic two-phase system based on protic ionic liquids

JPJ dos Santos, MM Borges, TSP Lima… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tithonia diversifolia is a tropical plant composed of several compounds with medicinal
properties. This study aimed to design a sequential process for the extraction of tagitinin C …

Chemical composition and repellent activity of essential oils of Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae) leaves against the bites of Anopheles coluzzii

C Akeumbiwo Tchumkam, LP Kojom Foko, C Ndo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Tithonia diversifolia is widely used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of a large
number of ailments and disorders, including malaria. In the present study, we evaluated the …

Ruminant Grazing Lands in the Tropics: Silvopastoral Systems and Tithonia diversifolia as Tools with Potential to Promote Sustainability

AM Krüger, PMT Lima, V Ovani, S Pérez-Marquéz… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Food security, sustainability of food production, and greenhouse gas (GHG) production of
ruminant livestock are topics that generate scrutiny and debates worldwide. In a scenario of …